Feed-rack



(No Model.) 2 Sheets--Sheet 2.

J. C. HURST. FEED RACK.

No. 415,221. Patented Jan. 27, 1891.

rrnn STATES PATENT FFICE.

.TOIIN C. I-IURST, OF HOI/FON, KANSAS.

FEED-RACK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 445,221, dated January27, 1891.

Application filed September 27, 1886. Serial No. 214,642. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom. zz may concern:

Be it known I, JOHN C. IIURsT, a citizen of the United States, residingat Holton, in the county of Jacksonand State of Kansas, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Feed-Racks, of which thefollowing is a specification, reference being` had therein to theaccompanying drawings.

Figure l is a perspective view of this device. Fig. 2 is an endelevation with the lids of the manger and the roof raised; Fig. S, alike elevation, the roof and lids down. Fig. at is a view in perspectiveof the device with the manger-cover raised and showing the internalstructure.

This device belongs te that class called feed-raeks,7 and particularlyto that division of that class in which hay or straw is to be placed,and which devices are to be used in the feed-yard and not under cover;and the novelty consists in the construction and combination of theseveral parts, all as will new be fully set out and explained.

In the accompanying drawings, A denotes the base, generally rectangularin shape, entirely open on the betteln and sloping at the upper edges l)of the mangers or feedingplaces B, which are situated en each side ofthe rack er receptacle part C. This rack or receptacle thus comescentrally and lengthwise over the base A, and like the base is made ofslats and of the vertical pests er pieces G.

The feed-receptacle portion of the rack `is designed te be filled withany rough feed, such as hay, straw, tte., and Jthe feed thus is conveyedby gravity to the base part ef the rack. To protect the straw or hay inthe rack from dust or rain, there is hinged at its up per edge the lider cover D, preferably in two parts, which is easily raised when therack or receptacle is to be filled. The cattle or horses can easily getat this feed through the open sloping edges B, when the hinged lids Eare raised, and kept up by the hooks e, each en gaging au eye a en therack portion, er kept open in any other way.

The manger or eating part of the device is subdivided by slats b orpartitions or otherwise, se that several animals may feed at any one ofseveral places en each side of the rack. This construction will alsoprevent horses or under the feed and throwing it out on the ground. Thetop slat of the baseer manger should be made of large size, also thebottom one of the main racks to prevent the stock from breaking them.

By the door F in the side of the feed-receptacle er upper part easyaccess can be had te the hay or straw inside to pull it down if itbecomes lodged, or for any eccasionthat may render it necessary to getat the inside of the device.

This device is admirable for farm use, because it will hold a largequantity of hay er straw and keep the manger full, which admits of thestock eating with their heads in a natural position, holding their headsover the manger so that all the droppings from their mouths will go backinto the manger and prevent waste, no seed or other trash dropping intotheir eyes, as in the case where the hay is pulled out between slats.

It is not necessary that the precise forni new shown shall be used inmaking this rack, forin proportions and shape several changes can bemade without departing from the scope of my invention.

I am aware that it is not new to provide a rack with open places at itslower end, where animals may feed, and that troughs for feed ing swinehave been made with an upper receptacle er chute wherein the food isplaced, and that this feed is eaten at the open spaces in the receptacleat the bottom.

I am aware of the portable sheep-pen, as shown in Patent No. Halli, toO. I. Norris, and disclaim that device and its structure, because thatis merely a pen for housing the sheep, which are fed from the outside,and has a removable roof, and is hauled about en runners. My device, onthe other hand, is adapted to protect the hay and grain and to allow thestock to feed upon it from the outside of the easing, and its doorallows inspection of the interierof the rack, but not ingress ofanimals, and, as above described, is in many other details differentfrom that, as well as all other patents that I know about.

That I consider new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

In a portable feed-rack, the large open-bettom base A, composed of slatsand corner IOO posts,as described,zmd provided on each side F, theseveral parts constructed, arranged,

with mangers B, each separated from the other and all combined in themanner and for the by slats b,tl1e Inangers on each side coveredpurposes set forth.

by ald EJJnged to the reeeptneleCand adapt- In testimony whereof Iafx mysignature in 5 ed to be held open by a hook, and the 'eeeppresence oftwo witnesses.

mele C, placed centrally over the base and Y T Y f composed of slats ofwhich the lowest is the 101m C' HURSL largest, said slats being securedto eorner- Witnesses: posts, its top covered with the hinged and HENRYF. MEYER,

xo slanting lids D, and having in its side a door y M. B. SMYTH-

